Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
WIT AND HUMOR.

49, NtN IA0LNft ~'~NN~'
T,,,;sville man has been superin-
= L~tof \ Sunday-school for thirty
lusA and his business friends are
. 1,i, him closely. Puck.
rEo word 4jugulate9 has become
Inv in Western journalism, Po-
men are more apt to jug-you-late
WI INV other class of men. -New
5qg.a Nccs
q. ovcbange has on article on THE
-. a. and FAN of the Poet One inn
VIZ .l.rt noint is omitted, however, and
ea '4; tbe length of the stairs, Bur
ag,oa Free Press.
.Wbats the trouble here, Mickey"
nort YOU know? There's n street
D ann" 80. / see. That's why 50
-r w neople are standing around IN
M Philadelphia call.
yopncwife-I took great pains with
.st cucumber salad, John, and | hope
- -n erioyed it. Husband (anxiously)
I'm afraid, my dear, that | took
ra't pains with it, too.--Ne'0 York
Sm
We don't question the statement
| b.t George Washington never told n
4 bnt he certainly was never asked
W. fond mother what he thought of
az cute little baby. - Washington
| Critic
90 Ella. said Clara, Il think Lily
md her beau have quarreled." "Why,"
&r1nlisd Ella, "what makes you think
| o5a "Wel, her parlor has been bril-
I9ndy lit every evening lately. "-Neac
| T9rg Sun.
Mr.. Brown - How elegantly that
dress fits you What a pity the ma
ftsral is so cheap! Mrs. Jones-The
rools in your dress are really superb.
[Wbat a pity it doesn't fit you.-Har-
{strS Baz0r.
Some Of the tip-top in society say
tba low-necked dress must go"
ET5ey win please say which way it
nr.t 20, in time to warn those who
ri,b TO take to the woods before it
! ,ss, lower.-NclU orleans Picayune.
j Hark, What's that? That? That's a
/ bras, band. What are they out for
Tonight. ! wonder? Out to get the
IN. Of course. And by the way, /
should think from the sound that they
hadn't found it yet-LoCeH Citizen.
Onlya girl who has run a typewriter
| at s. per week and finally marl'ies her
employer can enter a dry-goods store
and paralyze n lady clerk receiving So
per week It's no use for a million
aires wife to try it. - Detroit Free
Press
How is it | find you in prison, my
MANI 1T was mistake, sir, that
brought me here-indeed, ! might say
blundern How sop Il only stole
q thousand dollars when | could just
as easily have taken $50, 600 PITTS
burg Dtpatcb
4 book agent who invaded the King
tom Of King M'wanga of Africa was
captured by order of his Majesty and
4u3rtored into seventeen pieces. The
agent was selling a fashion magazine,
and tile King has ! 1000 wives, Norris
,Qra H.raId.
Wife Of % rich rural Californian at
her first grand dinner The Colonel
offers his arm: Il am to have the
pleasure Of taking YOU out to dinner,
Mrs Az Rich rural wiGe "Go long
with you: my husband is here; take
your own wife outl-Puck.
90 Charley she exclaimed, "what
beautiful arbutus. and did you really
pick ta.m yourself?' Yeds, said
Charley. bickkd EN- bysef, BECAUSE
lt9auehod you'd PRICE 'em bore than
Il / uaaghI em ad a (chcw-hasp-k-
chem. ogg-chuge boD lloridts. Nel0
YORK lNu
Lily secretary of the cooking class)
--AoW girls. we've learned nine cakes,
two kinds OF angel food, and seven
Hrs What next? Susie (cngaged)-
n'eA father says must learn to bake
Dread Indignant chorus - Bread?
Absurd! What are bakers forP- Pits
3ng bp''otjn.
a.. lg,Nan-Yes, mebbe you wouldn't
u'nN IT, but I made my pile out
". T5tercd stock. New-Yorker Il
.I9u1du Judge so from your appear
r~ge' IeAan-No, perhaps not; but
!g0 can't expect to make much out of
'ls efee.turs if you let EN- 90 thirsty.
-Ae~ HQcsq &e,cs.
,, A crowded horse-car. Enter Mrs.
, r-,uee.ley, WITH jug. Mr.. Mahoney,
t. r3 is seated, facetiously ~ Wud
1f, -a lhe whisky fur yez, Mistress
. .,--.a1ey' Mrs. NJ with whitening
~, ISM Thank yez kindly, sor, but
:. .. nave all We can hould now, I'm
'.-o''' s'--Al5a'y Arglts.
lave You Hours Of IdIeness' here?o
T., maiden asked, as she sauntered in
M. w. secondhand book store. mo,
r;rj .l CD U miss, said the youth be-
.i-.s .4e counter The boss is an old
.r ,.:-'.''' and when we amt doing any
.o.l ae keeps us busting the
... h'si5a Courier.
,,.a AZ. what's tbis?7 exclaimed the
...-.Hl compositor. Sermons in
H.. 'o'ks in the running brooksp'
~. e.a Q be right. / have IL! He
ua.....' mons ~ books, stones in the
I..- brooks That's sense. And
.at d.. NO" the writer found it. And
III, was not happy Boston Tran
II. 5-'ofers met upon street cor
ras, ...f Ie p them with kindly in